Bong Joon-ho's thriller Mother was the big winner at the fourth Asian Film Awards on Monday evening in Hong Kong taking home six AFAs including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Screenwriter. The City of Life and Death [China], At the End of Daybreak [Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea] Face [Taiwain] and Bodyguards and Assassins [Honk Kong/China] also took home more than one award tonight/today. Japan was shut out this year.
Best Film "Mother" (South Korea)
Best DirectorLu Chuan, "City of Life and Death" (China)
Best ActorWang Xueqi, "Bodyguards and Assassins" (Hong Kong/China)
Best ActressKim Hye-ja, "Mother" (South Korea)
Best Newcomer Ng Meng Hui, "At the End of Daybreak" (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
Best Supporting ActorNicholas Tse, "Bodyguards and Assassins" (Hong Kong/China)
Best Supporting ActorWai Ying-hung, "At the End of Daybreak" (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
Best ScreenwriterParl Eun-kyo, Bong Joon-ho, "Mother" (South Korea)
Best CinematographerCao Yu, "City of Life and Death" (China)
Best Production DesignerAlain-Pascal Housiaux,...
Best Film "Mother" (South Korea)
Best DirectorLu Chuan, "City of Life and Death" (China)
Best ActorWang Xueqi, "Bodyguards and Assassins" (Hong Kong/China)
Best ActressKim Hye-ja, "Mother" (South Korea)
Best Newcomer Ng Meng Hui, "At the End of Daybreak" (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
Best Supporting ActorNicholas Tse, "Bodyguards and Assassins" (Hong Kong/China)
Best Supporting ActorWai Ying-hung, "At the End of Daybreak" (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
Best ScreenwriterParl Eun-kyo, Bong Joon-ho, "Mother" (South Korea)
Best CinematographerCao Yu, "City of Life and Death" (China)
Best Production DesignerAlain-Pascal Housiaux,...
- 3/23/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Mother Wins Top Asian Film Award The Asian Film Awards’ first Best Costume Designer prize was presented by Donatella Versace to Christian Lacroix, Anne Dunsford and Wang Chia-Hui for Tsai Ming-liang’s French-Taiwanese Face (above). Another Face victory: the movie was much praised for its look (though not for its storyline): was in the Best Production Designer category: the winners were Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Patrick Dechesne and Lee Tian-Jue. The award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema went to Chinese veteran Zhang Yimou, among whose credits are Raise the Red Lantern, To Live, and Hero, while Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. "In a world that is fast disintegrating," Bachchan declared, "I believe cinema is one medium [...]...
- 3/22/2010
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
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